Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
conspersa: L. conspersa, sprinkle/strew/spatter, cover with small drops/particles.
Rana conspersa LeConte, 1855. (“... Top of the back with an infinity
of small dots of paler, and marked with numerous small, round, irregularly
scattered spots of dusky, which are however sometimes nearly evanescent
...”). In the synonymy of Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802).
conspicillatus: L. conspicillatus, provided with lens or spectacles. Hylodes conspicillatus
Günther, 1858. (“... ein schwärzlicher Streif zwischen den Augen,
ein zweiter vom Auge zum Tympanum und ein dritter unter dem Auge
...”). Also Lithodytes conspicillatus — Cope, 1868. Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus
— Stejneger, 1904. Today Pristimantis conspicillatus (Günther,
1858).
conspicuus: L. conspicuus, visible, clearly seen, in sight/full view. Colostethus
conspicuus Morales, 2002 “2000”. (“... Conspicuus, palabra latina que significa
visible, notable. El nombre se refiere a que en vivo es bien distinguible
de C. trilineatus, ya que en la localidad tipo habitan en simpatría
...”). Today Allobates conspicuus (Morales, 2002).
constrictus: L. constrictus, compressed/contracted. Scinax constrictus Lima et
al., 2004. (“... it is used here in reference to the presence of a dorsolateral
dermal constriction on the shoulders of the new species ...”).
Cophomantinae: Cophomantis, genus of anurans due to Peters (1870) (see); today
in the synonymy of Boana Gray, 1825) + L. -inae, suffix indicating
the category of subfamily in the zoological classification (Art. 29, ICZN).
Cophomantinae Hoffmann, 1878.
Cophomantis: G. kophos (κωφός), deaf + G. mantis (μαντις), tree-frog. Cophomantis
Peters, 1870. (“... Kein Trommelfell und keine Tubae Eustachii ...”).
In the synonymy of Boana Gray, 1825.
copii: Cope + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), US American herpetologist.
Rana copii Boulenger, 1882. In the synonymy of Lithobates palmipes
(Spix, 1824).
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